[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 257 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 257

To state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a 
missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United 
            States against limited ballistic missile attack.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 20, 1999

  Mr. Cochran (for himself, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. Hagel) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a 
missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United 
            States against limited ballistic missile attack.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Missile Defense Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as is 
technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system 
capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited 
ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, unauthorized, or 
deliberate).
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